Slowly Yuna forced her eyes open, feeling light headed. She recalled what had happened at her house. He recognized the boy as the one Sungchan was with that day at school. It was Shotaro.

Taking deep breaths to recover her lack of focus, she calmed herself before looking around the area. She was in a room with a few weapons lying on the floor, recognizing them as the ones back at HQ. She had a bad feeling.

She forced herself up, picking some of the weapons, stashing it in any part of her outfit that allowed it. She then walked to the door, head heavy. She pushed the door, it creaking open slowly making her eyes widen.

'This has to be some kind of trap'
She peeked out of the door, finding some people walking around. She didn't dare to grab their attention in case there were more.

Yuna turned around, trying to form a plan to which she failed. She didn't know who was there, what they wanted, why she's here with these weapons.

'Only one way to find out, Yuna. You are Luna'
Yuna swung the door open, gun aimed to the men's heads as she shot them down one by one. She didn't notice the male behind her who pulled her into a chokehold.

Yuna flipped the man over, running the opposite direction when she came to a dead end with only one door. She tried ramming the door down, failing as she only earned cuts on her arm. She took her blade, breaking the door's edge before entering the room and shutting the door behind her.

She turned and found a scene she didn't expect to see her whole life time. At least half of NCT were unconscious on the floor and the other half only regaining them now. She slowly walked over, crouching in front of Taeyong.

"What happened?"
At the sound of her voice, Taeyong focused his gaze. "You're okay"

Yuna just nodded, cutting the ropes tying Taeyong's hands, passing him the blade as she pulled out the dagger and doing the same to the other members, Taeyong helping her.

"What happened? Why are all of you here?"
Yuna questioned yet again, this time to Mark who had just regained consciousness. Mark avoided Yuna's eyes, feeling guilty as he doubted her. Yuna started feeling strange, standing up and watching the members.

"Did..did I do something again? I'm sorry. Here's some weapons I found. Let's find an escape route"

Yuna dropped the weapons she was able to take, pushing it to the members slightly, feeling as if they were trying to avoid her. The members passed the weapons to the members that needed it more.

She stood up abruptly as the door she came from fell down, aiming her gun to the door. She was caught of guard when she saw Haerin walking in with her twin, Shotaro. Her knees felt weak when she saw the two men that were basically being dragged by the man whom she saw that day at N Seoul Tower.

"Doyoung..Ten.."
Yuna's eyes wavered at the sight of the two, blood spewing out from multiple areas of their injured bodies.

NCT got up. Johnny aiming the gun to the right hand man that was holding his members when Haerin turned and glared at her. "I wouldn't dare if I were you. Look up, Johnny"

Everyone lifted their heads and found men in position, guns pointing to them. Sighing at the sight, he lowered the gun. Taeil lowering his as well. They were in a weak stance, being in open space with nowhere to hide or take cover.

"Haerin..what are you doing?"
"Unniw, I'm not Haerin. I think you actually know by now who I am"

Yuna was quiet, assembling the pieces of her memories together. She was left with one piece, looking at Haerin as it finally clicked into place.

"Seiko"
Seiko clapped, happy that Yuna finally realized it. "Yeay, you finally got it. A little late but it will have to do since now you have a decision to make"

Yuna eyed Seiko and Shotaro, following their gaze to a tall male, her own brother. Her breath hitched, seeing Sungchan held by two men. Thankfully, he was unharmed.

"What do you fucking want, Seiko?"
Yuna's head snapped to Seiko, gun held tightly in hand. Seiko took several steps closer to Sungchan, stopping 2m away from him.

"How about I tell you some things first before I give you your choices?"
Yuna knew she didn't have to answer as Seiko was going to talk about it anyway. She didn't dare to retaliate, not wanting her brother nor any NCT member harmed.

"Your cute little cat, Hutong, she was approached by a male figure on the same day you were at N Seoul Tower, wasn't she?"
"What does that have anything to do with this, psycho"
"It's Seiko. Mind your words"

Seiko gave a nod as Shotaro threw a punch right into Doyoung's jaw. "STOP THAT"

"You never realize your position, your stance, your weakness in a situation. I'm in control here. Now, let me continue. That make figure that was patting your kitty was my twin over there. He placed an audio recorder on your kitty. Awesome right?"
"Are you fucking serious? Even using a cat for this shit? That creature did nothing wrong!"
"Wrong move, unnie"

Seiko nodded yet again, this time Shotaro kicked Ten in the stomach, the male groaning out loud. Yuna closed her eyes, feeling vulnerable, the headache weighing her.

"I heard everything. From Ten's talks with you to your random rants about life to your precious mother's letter"
"That's how you knew when to place that note"
"Exactly! Wow, I'm impressed that you got what I said. Now, some other important facts that you got wrong"

In the corner of her eyes, she saw Taeyong giving hand signals to the members, knowing they were planning something. She saw as they started to shuffle from their places, the movements unnoticed by the men on the top floor that slowly lost focus. She knew what she had to do, she needed to distract and buy them time.

"And what is that? As far as I know, everything I found had proof"
"Too bad it wasn't real. Your mom? Dying from an accident, planned murder? Wrong! She killed herself, Yuna"

Those words were too shocking for her, her mind refusing to comprehend it. "Lies!"

"Ohoho, there's the denial but I'm serving the truth on a gold platter. Your mom, she didn't want to live anymore. She couldn't live on, keeping secrets from you and the police. She wrote that letter, already planned her death"
"Don't believe her, Yuna. You know your mom the best, don't let her words get to your head"

It was too late, her words had played tricks in her head. She didn't know her mother, not at all. She lied to her all this time, nothing she told her when she was younger was real.

Yuna refocused at the sound of Doyoung and Ten groaning, falling to the floor as they were hit by a long stick by the man. She couldn't control her emotions.

"Ready for the second fact you got wrong?"
"No, please. Stop it. I don't wanna hear it"
"Oh, but I wanna see your reaction. I promise this is the last one then I'll give you your life changing decision. Ready or not, here it comes"

Yuna covered her ears, hearing Seiko's muffled words but she still heard it.

"I wasn't adopted to replace you. I was adopted because father wanted a daughter. And you killed him. Biological or not, he treated me as his own, Sungchan just as well. Sungchan loved father just as much as you did before you learned who your father is. You killed your dad and killed the only parental figure your dear brother had"

That's what got her. Her brother. Her mother's letter entering her mind. She wanted her to protect him. She wanted to do at least that before she dies, not because of her mom but because Sungchan was her brother.

"Wow, you're not crying. That's a miracle. I'm sure you're ready for your choice now"
Yuan gazed deeply into Seiko's eyes, anger and resentment obviously shown.

"Which do you choose, Yuna? Your brother, Sungchan or your current family filled with people that doubted you?"

Yuna expected that, she absolutely expected that. She knew one move that no one would expect. She held her gun to her own head. "Or I choose none, right Seiko?"

The room was filled with gasps and pleads for her to not do it. Yuna didn't waver as Seiko had a frustrated look on her face. "I know you won't do it"

Seiko was doubting her own words, not expecting this.

Yuna looked at NCT, looking at them one by one. Memories of her spending time with them flashed in front of her eyes. "I'll say my last words then"

"Jisung, good luck with your choices. Chenle, stop being so loud. 00 liners, stop making things harder for your members. 99 liners, nice technique on getting free food from Taeyong. Jungwoo, talk more to the others, please. Jaehyun, Winwin, better delete those photos of me. Kun, just slap the members if they misbehave, pretty sure that would work. Johnny, Yuta, it was fun going on missions with you two. Taeil, keep up the high spirits of the team. Taeyong, NCT must go on"

Yuna stopped, turning to look at Ten and Doyoung who were desperately shaking their heads. "You two should stop fighting with each other when I'm gone"

Yuna looked to ceiling, thinking of her mext words to Sungchan. "Hey lil bro, see you soon. It's 12"

At those words, Yuna set off a smoke bomb. Seiko, Shotaro and their men were in confusion, trying to find everyone in the dark. The men on the top floor couldn't shoot aimlessly in fear of shooting Seiko and Shotaro instead.

Yuna was running to Sungchan, kicking and taking down the two men that were holding her brother silently. She grabbed Sungchan's hand, her other hand rather with an explosive when she felt a hand hold onto her, pulling her back.

She felt the familiarity that radiated from the male. "Where are you going? Please don't leave us"

Yuna pulled Sungchan close, telling him to run out first throught the back door she found further away. Yuan turned back to Doyoung. "I won't leave if you find me later. Remember what I said were my last words? These are words I couldn't say to you. I love you, Doyoung and it will never change"

Yuna pulled Doyoung into a short kiss, shocking the male. Doyoung knew this was probably the last moment he cpukd sahre with her, responding to the kiss before the two parted, finding each other's eyes in the thick smoke.

Yuna set off the explosive, throwing it to a corner. She held onto Doyoung's arm, voice stern. "Don't follow me. Go with NCT now. They'll need you. Go. RUN!"

And with that, the two parted ways, heart aching in pain but they knew this was the right thing to do. Thoughts as one, heart pounding for each other.

'Till we meet again'

Edited on : 23/12/2020